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This only works for GNOME however. The way I got it in Kubuntu (and I think it should work with any window manager/DE with slight modification) is to create a new file ~/Desktop/Trash.desktop. The contents of the file are:

It’s not just for comfort (I’m a longtime Linux user), it’s also a usability issue. The icon on the bottom bar is too small to be a good drop target, and it’s usually obscured by the icon of the file I’m dragging, so I’m constantly failing to drop a file onto it. A big Trash icon on my desktop is much easier to drag files into. Thanks for the tip!